The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, the charity that runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, will become Wild Planet Trust.
The name will be officially launched in June, with signage, branding and uniforms changing over the following months.
Director of Marketing and Development Pippa Craddock explained: “We’ve been moving towards this moment since 2012 - we have definitely not rushed into it! We’ve been a name in conservation for over 60 years. While we are proud of our history, and of Herbert Whitley, the man who founded Paignton Zoo...
Mi-space’s charity cycling team has exceeded their fundraising target of £50,000 one month ahead of their June 7thride from London to Amsterdam, in support of Prostate Cancer UK.
This is the second year that Mi-space has participated in the event, last year raising £14,300 with a team of 11 riders. This year Mi-space set out to achieve far more, in terms of rider participation, awareness of Prostate Cancer and raising funds for Prostate Cancer UK; they now have a contingent of 32 riders.
Team Captain and Divisional Director of Mi-space, AJ Eaton, said:“Based on our...
What a fabulous week collaborating with partners for Dementia Action week 2019.
We were involved in three events which involved family Carers hosted by Bluebird Care Exeter & East Devon, an informal Year 6 assembly at Exwick Heights Primary school, finishing the week with a play performed by local theatre company Substance & Shadow hosted at Cadogan Court care Home part of RMBI Care Co.
Each event offered a different approach but all were equally heartening encompassing the generations. What was richly rewarding was the diversity and inclusivity the events offered...
Land Rover, a Worldwide Partner for Rugby World Cup 2019, is offering one lucky youngster the ultimate rugby experience with the chance to lead out the England team as a Rugby World Cup 2019 mascot in Japan.
The prize includes a four-night trip to Japan for two (winner & chosen guardian), two match tickets, accommodation and return flights. The competition is open to children aged between 7 years and 13 years old.
The competition is open to enter by visiting the Land Rover activation in the West Fan Village between 11.30am and 3.00pm at this year’s Gallagher Premiership...
Part of Cygnet Summer Repertory Season June 14 – 22
June 15 19 21 7.30pm Boston Marriage by David Mamet Director Stephen Copp Anna is being kept by a married man, but she prefers the company of women. Claire, Anna’s paramour, has become infatuated with a much younger woman. Anna’s lover has given her a fabulous emerald which belongs to the mother of Claire’s inamorata… Mamet’s witty and provocative play gives us his trademark blunt language and scheming characters, set among the Victorian female intellectual set. David Mamet is an American playwright, film maker and author. He...
Part of Cygnet Summer Repertory Season June 14 – 22 June 15 19 21 7.30pm An Intervention Cygnet Company An Intervention by Mike Bartlett Director Alistair Ganley One of them went to the anti-war protest, shouted their lungs out, then got horrendously and staggeriingly drunk. The other stayed at home, watched TV for a bit, and thought about the future. The political and the personal are inextricably linked in Mike Bartlett’s funny and touching play about what happens when you hate your best friend. – I don’t believe it – Yes it’s true – You would support an intervention?
There’s nothing guaranteed in this world, except for death and taxes, as the saying goes. We certainly aren’t going to leave this earth alive. And for the most part, we can’t control when or how we die. However, one thing we can control is how we wish to be remembered. These days, people are getting creative with their remembrance wishes, funeral services, and memorial tributes. And they’re doing it with ashes.
According to the Cremation Society of Great Britain , 75% of people choose cremation over a burial. By 2035, the cremation rate is projected to be 80% in the US. Not only is...
Accomplished Devon-born singer and guitarist Martin Scragg collaborates with Wren Music’s 21-voice male singing group MenSing to bring you an evening of powerful, radical and sociable songs with plenty of chances to join in. Accompaniment instruments will include guitars, accordion, piano and some more exotic relatives. Wren Music’s Paul Wilson is the musical director of MenSing. Since their formation a couple of years ago, the voices of MenSing singers have been heard in local festivals, community halls and busking locations as well as at Exeter Chiefs matches, while Martin has worked as...
International animal welfare charity The Donkey Sanctuary is proud to welcome accomplished vet and star of the popular TV show, The Yorkshire Vet, as its new ambassador.
Peter Wright will be familiar to viewers of the award-winning Channel 5 television showwhich follows the lives and work of Peter and fellow veterinarian Julian Norton at their two practices in North Yorkshire. Peter is based at Skeldale Veterinary Centre, the former workplace of famous veterinarian and author James Alfred "Alf" Wight, more widely known by his pen name, James Herriot.
TO MARK the start of summer, people in Exeter are being offered a special incentive to sign up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life as soon as possible.
Race for Life is offering half price entry to anyone who joins between Monday 3 June and Monday 10 June, using discount code SUMMER50.
The discount is available for one week only, starting at 9:00am on June 3 and finishing at midnight on June 10. It can be applied when entering any Race for Life, Pretty Muddy and Pretty Muddy Kids event.
This year, for the first time, Cancer Research UK is inviting everyone – women...
